US EditionGina Gershon Declined 'Friday the 13th' Role Over 'Exploitative' Topless Scene
Gina Gershon rejected a topless role in Friday the 13th Part 2 early in her career, citing exploitative nudity and trusting her father's advice, as detailed in her memoir.
- Early in her career, actress Gina Gershon declined a lead role in Friday the 13th Part 2 after discovering the script required her character to appear topless during a death scene.
- Gershon consulted her father before refusing the part; he taught her to "trust my gut" and make independent decisions, empowering her to reject exploitative roles.
- Describing the requirement as "exploitation 101," Gershon wrote that her character would be killed by a stake with "breasts exposed," feeling the nudity was gratuitous rather than essential.
- Years later, Gershon starred as Cristal Connors in the 1995 film Showgirls, where she accepted nudity because she felt it served the character and narrative.
- In her memoir AlphaPussy: How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs, Gershon recounts these experiences, emphasizing her father's lessons helped her maintain agency over professional choices.
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Gina Gershon Declined 'Friday the 13th' Role Over 'Exploitative' Topless Scene
Gina Gershon revealed she turned down a lead role in a horror film because she had to show a little too much skin. The Showgirls star, 63, pointed out that she didn’t have “anything against nudity,” as she grew up on European films, “but only if it makes sense for the character and the story.” Gershon explained why she ultimately declined the opportunity to star in Friday the 13th Part 2 during a new interview with Fox News Digital while promoti…
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The Independent (US)Gina Gershon turned down cult horror franchise over ‘exploitative’ topless scene
’Showgirls’ star was offered a role in a Friday the 13th movie
Gina Gershon says she turned down “Friday the 13th” role because of topless death scene: 'Exploitation 101'
"It seemed silly to me," the actress shared.Gina Gershon on Feb. 25Credit: Gary Gershoff/GettyGina Gershon walked away from a beloved horror franchise over an "exploitative" topless scene, the Showgirls star recently told Fox News Digital.Gershon was offered a major role in 1981's Friday the 13th Part 2, the second installment in the cult slasher franchise, she recalled to the outlet about the Hollywood experience that taught her how to trust he…
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